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Burra-atta-gal traditional lands; Archeological evidence
suggests that the area has been occupied for at least 30,000 years.
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Captain Arthur Phillip explores area, named 'The Crescent'
government farm established
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Township established;renamed Parramatta; Charles Smith granted 30
acres, farm and mill established
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1806
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Governor William Bligh granted 105 acres south of Smith's farm. Two years
earlier George Mealmaker appointed to set up a weaving establishment at the Factory above the Gaol
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1812
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Rev Samuel Marsden granted 30 acres north of Bligh's estate. Purchases
6 acres of Smith's farm
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1816
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Governor Macquarie designates 4 acres of Bligh's grant as site forFemale
Factory. Instructs Francis Greenway to design a building to accommodate up to 300 women.
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1821
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Female Factory completed and occupied.
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1839
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3rd class penitentiary block built in Factory compound. Arrival
of Irish Sisters of Charity at the Female Factory. Infant school established
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1841
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Orphan School for Catholic Children built adjacent to Factory
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1848
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Female Factory proclaimed a Lunatic establishment
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1859
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Good Shepherd (Good Samaritans) Sisters given management of Orphan
School-notice to vacate site in 1886
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1887
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Former Orphan School proclaimed an Industrial & Training School for Girls
(Parramatta Girls Home). First riots reported at institution towards end of the year.
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1961
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Girls Home riots; parliamentary inquiry recommend establishment of a
maximum security annex. Gazetted as Hay girls Institution. Concerns about abuse within the institutions raised
by human rights activists
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1973
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Expose abuse occuring in the institutions; protests held outside the Home
led by women's movement.Parliamentary inquiry begins
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1974
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Parramatta & Hay institutions officially close- continue to operate
as Kamballa & Taldree juvenile detention centres.
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Section of former Girls Home established as Norma Parker Detention Centre
for Women
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1983
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Kamballa closes. Community Services Disaster recovery unit established in
Kamballa section. Parramatta Psychiatric Hospital renamed Cumberland Hospital
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2003
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First reunion of former 'Parramatta Girls'
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First reunion of former 'Hay Girls' - the play 'Parramatta Girls'
debuts at Belvoir St Theatre
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